"sf" wrote:
> Dave, you're a salt of the earth type person... so tell me -
> what IS this hooha about a christmas day BREAKFAST all
> about? Sheesh... either you're sleeping off xmas eve or
> you're stuck preparing for xmas day dinner - so I've NEVER
> heard of anyone getting all sentimental over an xmas day
> breakfast before this thread!

When we were growing up, a special Christmas Day breakfast was unheard of,
too. It wasn't until my oldest brother got married and we began getting
involved in his wife's family's celebrations that we adopted the pleasure of
the post-present opening nosh.

It was a very special feeling for me, enjoying the food and the gifts and
the Christmas dinner preparations, until my father died. The morning after
he died, the family gathered at the house...

....and my sister-in-law made the same breakfast I'd come to associate with
merry making. Need I tell you that I have never seen Christmas breakfast the
same way again?